On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Your code actually showed up misaligned, because I viewed it using a > proportional font. > > Regardless of my formatting, though, the point I made stands; we > should not be altering our code to fit with version control tools, we > should be altering the version control tools. As massively important > as version control is, it doesn't beat readability. > Sure, but that's a bigger debate. Sometimes, I wonder if it would be possible to invent a more formal canonical format for source files. Something like a .class file but that would be completely lossless when converted back to text form (contain comments, exact code as it was written, etc...). With such a binary format, everyone can read and write source code in any format they want but what gets checked in is the binary format. Source control tools have to understand this format of course. Until such a thing exists, text remains the only credible canonical format for source files, despite all its limitations. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
